Triple
T586032
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Runcorn |
E15158
|
entity |
| Predicate | crossedBy |
P416
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Manchester Ship Canal |
E912
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 steps)
Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.
NER
Named-entity recognition
gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: Manchester Ship Canal | Statement: [Runcorn, crossedBy, Manchester Ship Canal]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Manchester Ship Canal Context triple: [Runcorn, crossedBy, Manchester Ship Canal]
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A.
Manchester Ship Canal
chosen
The Manchester Ship Canal is a major 19th-century inland waterway in northwest England that enabled ocean-going ships to reach the industrial city of Manchester from the Irish Sea.
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B.
Trent and Mersey Canal
The Trent and Mersey Canal is a historic English waterway running across the Midlands, built in the 18th century to link the River Trent with the River Mersey and support industrial transport, particularly for pottery and other goods.
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C.
Bridgewater Canal
The Bridgewater Canal is a historic English canal, often regarded as the first modern canal in Britain, which played a key role in the early Industrial Revolution by linking coal mines to the growing city of Manchester.
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D.
Leeds and Liverpool Canal
The Leeds and Liverpool Canal is a major historic waterway in Northern England that links the cities of Leeds and Liverpool, passing through Lancashire and serving as an important route for industrial transport during the Industrial Revolution.
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E.
Welland Canal
The Welland Canal is a key Canadian shipping canal that allows vessels to bypass Niagara Falls by connecting Lake Erie with Lake Ontario as part of the St. Lawrence Seaway.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 batches)
The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.
| Step | Stage | Batch ID | Status | When |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| creating | Elicitation | batch_69a4935783b8819082b77726ec10cc42 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a49b9a46388190a094b9ebf8dec397 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:03 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a5103a30fc819086a1e95d4dfc8749 |
completed | March 2, 2026, 4:21 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:33 p.m.